The Real Facebook Controversy
Cambridge Analytica’s wholesale scraping of Facebook user data is big news now, and people are “shocked” that personal data is being shared and traded on… Read More »The Real Facebook Controversy
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The “Big Think” on Statistical Inference
Remember the ASA statement on p-values from last year? The profession is getting together today and tomorrow (Oct. 11/12, 2017) for a “big think” on the problem.… Read More »The “Big Think” on Statistical Inference
Higher Ed — will it adapt?
ILLUSTRATION BY STOCKTREK IMAGES, INC., ALAMY Bernard Marr discussed, in his April 20 LinkedIn post, the yawning skills gap in the tech sector, with just 11% of hiring… Read More »Higher Ed — will it adapt?
One important overlooked point here is that significant value
In the article, Data Science Should Monitor Big Brother by Arjan Haring, one important overlooked point here is that significant value, even from the point of view of the individual,… Read More »One important overlooked point here is that significant value
Finding "Gems" in Big Data
(Photo credit: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0) In 1945, Count ,Richard Taaffe* a Dublin gem collector, was sorting through a set of spinel gems that he had… Read More »Finding "Gems" in Big Data